Imaging Patients with Chest Pain in the Emergency Department

Clinical Nuclear Cardiology: State of the Art and Future Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 531-544

  Kontos, Michael C ^a,b  

^a Radiology and Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85136764430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-05796-7.00066-7     Document Type: Chapter

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